Since US and Israeli attacks began a little over two weeks ago, Iran has hit several ships in and around the strait, and all but closed the waterway.
Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Supreme Leader of Iran, has reportedly been transferred to Russia for medical treatment after he was severely injured in the US-Israeli airstrike that killed his father on February 28.
US President Donald Trump's request for a delay to his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping is a likely welcome development for Beijing, even as it threatens to inject new uncertainty into ties between the world's two largest economies.
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President Donald Trump was warned that attacking Iran could trigger retaliation against US Gulf allies despite his claims on Monday that Tehran's reaction came as a surprise, said a US official and two sources familiar with US intelligence reports.
The exiled son of Iran's last shah announced a new committee on Monday to lay the groundwork for a future truth commission in Iran and named Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi to lead it.
Emirates is operating flights to Dubai that are near-empty in some cases as travellers avoid the Persian Gulf, highlighting the challenges for the world's largest international airline to restore its network amid a protracted war.
Russia is providing Iran with sensitive satellite intelligence, enabling precise targeting of US forces in the Middle East, marking a new kind of warfare where space-based data is crucial.
A cafe in Israel's Jerusalem has become a subject of intense speculation on social media in connection with the whereabouts of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has rejected proposals for reducing tensions or for a possible ceasefire with the United States that were conveyed to Tehran by two intermediary countries.
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Based on the data compiled, we can bucket the strike pattern broadly into three distinct phases: an initial 'saturation' attack, a sustained drone attrition campaign, and a sudden decline in attack intensity.
As the war broke out on February 28 with massive bombing on Tehran, borders were closed, flights were suspended and communications were severely hit.
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Around 20 million barrels of oil a fifth of the world's seaborne crude ships through the Strait of Hormuz every day but that volume has been severely limited following US and Israel attacks on Iran, which has geographic control of the passage.
Three Tennessee litigants, including two minors, sued Elon Musk's xAI on Monday, alleging that it knowingly designed its Grok image generator to let people create sexually explicit content by using real photos of others.
Investigators believe that at least one person infected with meningitis had visited the venue, potentially exposing others in a crowded indoor setting.
Israel's military said on Tuesday it had killed the head of the Basij volunteer paramilitary force in a "precise strike in Tehran".
Pakistan has been the Afghan Taliban's closest friend for decades. Now, there's an "open war" between the two. The two countries, now at loggerheads, are India's western neighbours.
Afghan officials say a suspected Pakistani air strike hit a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, killing hundreds.
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The conflict has mutated into a zero-sum collision of competing messianic frameworks.
Iran's Araghchi calls for global condemnation of ‘military aggression’ that disrupted transit through Strait of Hormuz.
The Middle East conflict risks adding a staggering 45 million to acute hunger, warns the UN's World Food Programme.
Thousands of Christians are being evicted in Pakistan’s capital
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Iran says at least 56 of its heritage sites damaged or destroyed in war.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the Iran conflict cannot be resolved militarily and must be resolved politically.
Nearly one in five people in Lebanon have been forced from their homes as Israel launches new 'ground operations'.
As a quarter of Kenya’s population faces severe food shortages, up to 40% of food produced is lost or wasted each year.
A building in the northern Israeli city of Nahariyya caught fire on Monday after a rocket attack launched from Lebanon.
Energy prices are surging as the Iran war disrupts supply, raising risks for the US, China and Europe.
Despite its public objections to Israel’s actions, the UK is buying spyware developed and tested on Palestinians.
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz says Ali Larijani, Iran’s security chief, has been killed in an Israeli strike.
Israeli Defence Minister Katz has claimed that Iran’s top security official has been killed; Iran is yet to comment.
From energy exports to tourism, the economies of Gulf nations are at risk from a prolonged conflict in the Middle East.
The Iranian regime is designed to survive power vacuums. That, however, does not mean it will survive the war unscathed.
If confirmed, Soleimani would be the highest-level assassination in war since US-Israeli forces killed Ali Khamenei.
A woman who wrote a children’s book on handling grief after her husband's death, has been found guilty of murdering him.
British pomp and pageantry await the Nigerian leader, but some in the diaspora are sceptical about his trip.
Afghan authorities say a Pakistani attack has killed hundreds of civilians; Islamabad rejects the claim as 'false'.
Lebanon's Palestinian refugees suffer amid war, facing insecurity and trauma, in camps under attack.
As the US-Israeli war against Iran continues, we look at a scenario reminiscent of the tanker war of the 1980s
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